Michigan council candidate wants city to stay 'a white community as much as possible'

By Gary Dinges gdinges@gatehousemedia.com

Monday

Aug 26, 2019 at 11:47 AMAug 26, 2019 at 11:55 AM

A candidate running for elected office in Michigan shocked a crowd gathered at a forum when she made a racist statement.

Jean Cramer, who is on the ballot for Marysville city council, said she wanted to "keep Marysville a white community as much as possible," according to USA Today.

Cramer is one of five people vying for three open seats. Her response came after candidates were asked this question: “Do you believe the diversity of our community needs to be looked at, and if so, should we be more aggressive in attracting foreign-born citizens?”

“So basically, what you’ve said is that my father and his family had no business to be in this community,” Hayman said.

After the meeting, when asked to clarify her remarks, Cramer doubled down, speaking out against interracial marriages while insisting she wasn't racist.

“(A) husband and wife need to be the same race," she said. "Same thing with kids. That’s how it’s been from the beginning of, how can I say, when God created the heaven and the earth. He created Adam and Eve at the same time. But as far as me being against blacks, no I’m not.”

"That kind of racist, unapologetic rhetoric has no place in our city," he told Detroit TV station WXYZ. "And I would say that it's flatly rejected by not just the vast majority but virtually all of our residents."